On April 12, 2005, testimony was taken before the United States Sentencing Commission as to whether federal anabolic steroid offenses should be treated with stiffer punishments, such as by changing the way steroid quantities are calculated. Rick Collins submitted written testimony, as well as more extensive oral testimony on a variety of additional points. The…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 26, 2005 – Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Chairman of the Commerce, Trade & Consumer Protection Subcommittee, today outlined his new bill entitled the Drug Free Sports Act. In a press release yesterday, he stated that young athletes emulate their role models in professional sports, including steroid usage, and called for stronger anti-doping standards…
The Response to the “Pills in the Locker” by Sports Bodies and Congress by Rick Collins, Esq. Anabolic Steroid Precursors and the NCAA Most professional and amateur competitive sports have banned anabolic steroids since the 1980s. Among the substances banned in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) list of banned-drug classes are “anabolic agents.” [Bylaw…
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen P. Tandy today announced the results of Operation “Cyber Chase”, a year-long Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation that targeted international Internet pharmaceutical traffickers operating in the United States, India, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean. These e-traffickers distributed drugs world-wide using “rogue” Internet pharmacies. Over the past…
A provocative essay by William Saletan appears at Slate.com, raising the question of why improved performance through hormones is considered cheating while improved performance through ocular surgery is not. The author suggests that LASIK surgery may be enhancing, rather than merely corrective, in athletes. He further suugests an irony in the fact that Rep. Tom…
A view of the criminalization of anabolic steroids from the United Kingdom. Jason Lowther’s provocative article concludes that misguided anti-steroid legislative efforts are doing more harm than the drugs themselves.
Q: How many steroid tablets are enough to prove an intent to sell? A:In most state courts, drug traffickers are understandably viewed as deserving of much harsher punishment than personal users. Possession of what’s considered a “large” quantity has traditionally been a basis to infer that the possessor was a seller rather than a user….
A satirical piece comparing hardcore bodybuilders to the “X-Men” mutants, and examining the effect on the sports and fitness nutrition market. Mutants. In the movie sequel, “X2: X-Men United” (2003), they have extraordinary powers, such as reading minds, controlling the weather, walking through walls, or shooting ray beams out of their eyes. In response to…
Q: I’m in Connecticut. Are my state’s steroid laws different from the federal laws? A: Since most steroid busts are prosecuted under state laws, not federal laws, the first thing any potential juicer should want to know is exactly what gear-related conduct is criminal in his state and what penalties apply. Read on! Each state…
The proliferation of chemical products being sold online “for research purposes only” has generated countless inquiries about what’s legal and what’s not. An Interview with Rick Collins by Citruscide* The proliferation of chemical products being sold online “for research purposes only” has generated countless inquiries about what’s legal and what’s not. Nobody wants to get…
